Improvement in machine for sowing pulverulent manures



FFICE.

JOSEIII L. STEGALL, OF THOMASVILLE, GEORG-IA..

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FORSOWING PULVERULENT MANURES.

Specifica-tion forming part ofLctters Patent No. 85,619, dated January 5, 1869.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. STEGALL, of Thomasville, in the county of Thomas and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Sewing Pulvernlent M anures; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of th-is specification, in

Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line x a', Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, taken in the line rv m', Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved machine for sowing l'iulverulent mannres, such as lime, plaster, ashes, guano, &c.

The object of the invention is to obtain a simple, etlcient, and economical device, for the purpose specified.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, A represents a frame, whichmay be constructed in any suitable manner,supported at its front end by a wheel, B, at its rear end by two wheels, O C. This frame A( has two handles, D I), and also two uprights.,\ E which serve as supports for a shaft, F, which is rotated by a cross-belt, G, from the axle of the front wheel B of the frame A. This `shaft F has radial arms a attached to it, a greater or less number, as may be required, and said shaft and its arlns are encompassed by a shell or hopper, Il, which is fitted loosely on shaft F, so that it may turn or rotate freely thereon. This shell or hopper is rotated by a straight belt, I, from the axle of the wheel B, and consequently the shaft F and shell or hopper 1I will be rotated in reverse directions as the machine is drawn along.

The shell or hopper I-I is composed of two equal transverse parts, b b, provided with flanges c c at their inner ends, through which bolts d pass. The inner ends'of these parts b b are not brought in contact with each other, a space, c, being allowed between for the cscape of the manure, which is placed in the shell or hopper through a door, f.

J is a spout, which conducts the manure, as it is discharged from the shell or hopper, down to the drill or furrow in which it is to be deposited.

The rotation. of thc shaft F and its arms a being in a direction reverse to that of the shell or hopper H, it will be seen that themanure cannot clog or choke up the dischargespaee c, and if the manure should be lmnpy, on account of dampness or other causes, thelumps will be broken and the manure discharged in a proper pulvcrized state.

Havingthus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent- The rotating shell or hopper II, constructed of two parts, b l), with a space, c, between, in combination with the shaft F, provided with radial arms c, and rotating in areverse direction to theshell orhopper, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH L. STEGALL.

I'Vitnesses WVM. M. lil'A'rTnEws, Jr., A. JonNsoN. 

